violence. what critics are saying and why some newtown parents say the episode -- this is "cnn newsroom." i'm fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. here are some of the top stories for you this hour. north carolina a & t state university has lifted a campus lockdown. there were reports of a man with a weapon. the university website says classes resume at 2:00 eastern time. and then onto galveston, texas. there was a shrimp boat on fire in the houston ship channel. the coast guard reports three people were rescued by a nearby boater. no word though on what caused that blaze. two tragedies in two separate countries sharing disturbingly similar details. in california and canada. two teenage girls hanged themselves after allegedly being raped. photographs of both alleged attacks were shared online. one big difference between the two cases, in california the

boys accused of the crime have been charged. dan simon is following that story. he's joining us now from san francisco. dan, the suspects, tell us more. >> well, fred, first of all you know it's a story that seems to have a familiar narrative. here you have a large amount of alcohol consumed, there's a sexual assault, a photo is taken, it gets shared virally. and then in this case the tragedy here is the 15-year-old victim decides to take her own life. the victim is 15-year-old audrey pott. this occurred last september. it's now seven months later now in september and you have three 16-year-old boys who have been arrested and charged with two counts of felony sexual battery and one misdemeanor. now, fred, we don't know all the details here. but what we know is they were at a friend's house, drinking was involved, the girl passes out. there's some kind of sexual

assault, a photo is taken and then it gets widely distributed among the friends. and after learning about this, audrey posts this on face book. she says, they took pictures of me, my life is ruined. this is the worst day ever. and eight days after this assault takes place she takes her own life. this is what audrey's family attorney had to say. take a look. >> what happened to audrey is tragic. it never should have happened. she had no idea what occurred until she woke up the following morning and had some drawing on her body in some private areas. >> well, authorities aren't naming the suspects because they are in fact juveniles. they will have a court appearance some time next week. now, the victim's family initially reluctant to speak about this is going to have a press conference next week as well. fred. >> and, dan, what are police saying about the lapse of time,

the seven months? they investigated for all of this time and then it resulted in the arrest? or was there something else taking place in that amount of time? >> it's a very good question. and there is widespread criticism in that community because it took so long for arrests to take place. but what authorities are telling me is that they had to conduct several search warrants, they had to get computer records, phone records. and that takes a certain amount of time combined with the investigation that takes place. so they are defending their actions here but no doubt questions persist as to why it took seven months, fred. >> dan simon, thanks so much. on to the other case that is eerlly similar there. police investigating the death of 17-year-old ritea parsons. the boys who attacked

thundershow their daughter released pictures and online bullying began and continued for a year and a half. police never filed charges in that case saying there is no evidence. but public outrage has been growing since parsons' suicide last week. this new government panel will be looking into the alleged crime and how the case was handled. skb this case and the one in california begging the question, is there more that parents can do to protect their kids? we'll look into this in the next half hour. the northeastern u.s. getting hit by a powerful line of storms today. in the south and midwest the storms were deadly. three people were killed in mississippi, missouri and nebraska. an ireporter captured this tornado right here as it ripped through a rural part of mississippi. dozens of homes were damaged across the southeast. and thousands of people are still without power. tom sater is in the cnn weather center. tom, who is getting hit now? is there a break? >> well, we don't have any

severe thunderstorm watches or warnings, we don't have any tornado watches, which is good news. but we're in day three, the sound of chain saws can be heard from south dakota all the way down missouri, arkansas, alabama, mississippi and most likely we still have a few storms trying to pop up south of d.c. mainly most of the activity is from around tampa down to sarasota. if you have a flight in the corridor from philadelphia, newark, jfk, la guardia, could have an hour to even two-hour delays. we'll get up into the northeast where we have winter weather advisories in effect for parts of maine, vermont, new hampshire, massachusetts, northern areas of new york state where it's icing right now. and this, well, another storm system on the way where it is still snowing with the first one in the arrowhead of minnesota, u.p. of michigan. it's hard to believe that with the storm system here in april that 28 inches fell in rapid city, south dakota. that's more snow than they've had on any day in any month in any year. and here comes the next one. another foot? are you kidding me? we are behind in the tornado

count so far, which is a good thing. but we could really see the season boom in the weeks ahead. here's the first one. let's get this out of here just in time for the weekend. there will still be some snow i think saturday morning in parts of maine, but it's going to be a drier air mass and a little chilly. that's it. but a lot of sunshine into sunday. so one system is gone, the next one comes down northern rockies. this is going to drag more cold air. we're about a month and a half behind really in our seasons right now. but more snowfall montana, north dakota. rain in advance of this. they're still without power. so the power crews working to restore power in south dakota's window is getting a little shorter here. let's talk about some good news. finally, this is an interesting note. in atlanta the pollen count as you know, fredricka, anything that's considered high is 90. >> yes. >> it was 8,024. >> what? >> off the charts. >> that explains the puffy eyes and coughing and all that. >> yeah. it looks good though for the weekend for the masters. litling rain around 12:30 and it's moved off.

>> always so pretty. all the azaleas in bloom too. last night's episode of "glee" is causing quite the controversy. if you're a fan and haven't seen it, this segment contains spoilers. it was about a school shooting. and scenes like this upset some people from newtown, connecticut. >> let's get started. [ gunfire ] >> everyone spread out and hide. find a place to hide. go over there. >> nischelle turner joining us now from los angeles. nischelle, some newtown residents said simply this was just too soon. fox is the producer of "glee" reach out to them? how did this all evolve? >> apparently not, fred. which is why some people are upset about this. they did warn viewers at the top of the show and i should point out that the people at fox did try to publicize this episode

ahead of time. they released screeners for tv critics to review. that's how some people in newtown learned about it ahead of time. the local paper there in newtown, connecticut credited a critic with tv line with giving the community a heads up and they ran a story ahead of the episode warning parents what was coming. but you know that wasn't enough for some of the newtown residents like parent of a student at the school who survived the shooting. he spoke with cnn this morning. here he is. >> we have no problem at least the parents i have spoken to that they aired an episode that had a school shooting. it's reality. it happened. it happened here. it happened at columbine. it happened in many other places. what's really upsetting is that no one, none of the producers reached out to the town of newtown to let us residents who are so close to this know that this episode was airing. >> you know, fred, it's a little bit of a tough line for producers and networks to walk here. on one hand you want tor very

sensitive about the feelings of the family in newtown. but on the other hand there are unfortunately a lot of people out there who have suffered from gun violence. and you can't really alert everyone all of the time. >> all right. nischelle turner, thanks so much. all right, folks. let me know what you think about this. your comments at the end of the hour. all right. also here's what we're working on this hour with the tap of a finger and a click of a phone, a hacker takes over a plane. and, no, it's not a hollywood movie, there really is an app for that. does it work? then some liberals are mad at president obama. we'll tell you why they aren't standing by their man. and forget using cash, ditch the credit card, the bit coin seems to be the future of currency, or is it? we'll explain what it is, how it works. this is "cnn newsroom." ness? by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do.

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we're just getting confirmation here at cnn that legendary american entertainer jonathan winters has died. he started acting in the 1950s in the dawn of television appearing with shirley temple. he was a favorite of the late-night talk shows in the '70s and '80s. he was still active in show business. the comedian died thursday afternoon at his home in california. jonathan winters was 87 years old. a phone app that could be used to hijack a plane. a hacker working as a security

consultant says it could happen because he has developed the technology to do it. hugo tesso unveiled his so-called planesploit app at a security conference in amsterdam. he says the app can be used to remotely attack and exploit airline security software. lisa sylvester is joining us now from washington with more on this. so, lisa, i understand the faa is aware of the claim but says his hacking technique poses no threats to real flights. how can we be so sure? >> yeah, fred, wow. what a story? so hugo teso, he's a security consultant and has a commercial pilots license. just a few minutes ago i actually finished an interview with him. he's in germany. and he said that he spent the last three years developing this app that shows vulnerabilities in the flight management system of airplanes. he presented it as a conference in the netherlands that he was able to on a flight simulator affect the flying conditions including changing the plane's

altitude, changing what's on a pilot's display screen. but we should caution about all of this. first got to emphasize, i can't emphasize this enough that he did this on a flight simulator, not on an actual real aircraft for obvious security and safety reasons. and the other thing too is that he emphasized that this app alone is not enough to effect the plane. you're also going to need the proper hardware. we reached out to the faa, and the agency says that the planes that we fly, that you fly and i fly, that we fly every day, that they're not in any kind of risk because this app that he's talking about doesn't work on certified flight hardware that's actually used in the planes. and we actually have a statement from the faa. the faa saying "the described technique cannot engage or control the aircraft's auto pilot system using the fms flight management system or prevent a pilot from overriding the autopilot therefore a hacker cannot obtain full control of an aircraft as the technology

consultant has claimed." now, tesso himself when i interviewed him he acknowledged that the pilots would be able to override the autopilot and take back control. but still, this story is generating an enormous amount of buzz particularly online. tesso emphasizes really what it's saying is that airlines need to focus not only on safety but also on security, fred. >> and so overall flight security, what does this mean? >> you know what he's trying to say essentially is that these days think of modern airplanes, they're more becoming like these gigantic computers. so they're vulnerable to hacking. our flying system is perfectly fine and safe, but he says look ahead, start planning, make sure you have security measures in place so that you don't have hackers, don't have somebody with ill-intent trying to bring down an actual plane, fred. >> lisa sylvester in washington, thanks so much. all right, there isn't a more dicey diplomatic situation in the world right now than the one we're seeing in north korea. and u.s. secretary of state john

kerry is right in the middle of it. he's in seoul, south korea. it's his first stop on a three-nation swing. his priority is to bring down the tension on the korean peninsula and to convince pyongyang not to test fire a ballistic missile. u.s. officials think north korea could test launch a ballistic missile at any time as the u.s. and other countries prepare for all possible scenarios, many people have their eyes on the trigger man, kim jong-un. the north korean's leader rise to power sounds like a made for television movie. but knowing more about him could give us a better understanding of what he just might be capable of. brian todd has a look at kim jong-un and his family dynamic. >> reporter: how did we end up with such a young dictator menacing the world? it's a twisted tale of a third son born analysts say to kim jong-il's mistress. kim jong-un reported to have

been pampered as a young man, sent to boarding school in switzerland, developed an affinity for james bond and the nba hence the recent dennis rodman visit. he spent virtually no time in north korea's army when his father elevated him to a general's rank in 2010. that was one of the first signs kim had leapfrogged his two older brothers. why? on the eldest believed to be about 41. >> kim jung nam made the mistake of taking his playboy lifestyle abroad and arrested in 2001. and the japanese police spent hours and hours with him, which means the cia and other intelligence services learned a lot about him. >> reporter: he's a gambler, lives in macaw, speaks to journalists too much for the family's liking. >> they can't kill him, but they can't let him run the country. he's not a reliable vehicle for the propaganda. >> reporter: then the mysterious middle brother. local media showed this photo

claiming it was him at an eric clapton concert about two years ago. >> kim jong-il and kim jong reportedly timid, did not have much political interest. >> reporter: just as eneggmatic the young woman reportedly to be kim jong-un's wife, ri sol ju, could she have any influence over there? >> is it possible she'll say what about the north korean people? maybe, but that's not the environment she grew up in. >> reporter: that background helps experts try to figure out what kim jong-un's thinking now. what's your best take on his calculations now? >> the aim is to rattle us and frighten us and also the chinese and the south koreans and distract us from implementing security council sanctions and other pressure on the north, green, who dealt with north korea on the national security council says kim may also be trying to compensate for the fact that he's so young, 29 or 30. analysts say he's got to show strength with the military. >> he's trying to look as a young man of 30 in a society

where age is respected and tough. and that's his way looking to the generals like he is in control. >> reporter: but he may lose control if he can't produce a male heir. his wife ri sol ju will be counted on that to solidify a dynasty some analysts say is on shaky ground. there were reports late last year and earlier this year that ri sol ju may have been pregnant, may have given birth to a daughter but nothing solid beyond that. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> and for more on this, watch a special edition of "the situation room" tonight 6:00 eastern time. all right. coming up, some liberals are mad at president obama. we'll tell you why they aren't standing by their man. and lately we've been talking about how officials across the country seem to be under attack. now suspicious mail was sent to the man billed as the toughest sheriff in america. with hertz gold plus rewards, you skip the counters, the lines, and the paperwork. zap. it's our fastest and easiest way to get you into your car.

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largely from outside groups. there has been mild criticism inside, certainly senator sanders who is independent has been extremely critical of this. he's always been quite protective of entitlement programs. what's interesting is that in some ways the republicans have been a little more hopeful about this budget than a lot of these outside groups. and i think if i had to give you one word, it would be they feel betrayed. almost everything you get from outside liberal groups has been we pounded on doors, we called a million people, we helped elect him and we're going to fight this. so you do definitely get the sense of, wait a minute, we helped elect you and now you're doing something we specifically were against, which was messing around with entitlement programs. >> so was this compromise now backfiring? >> no. i'll tell you why. it's not a bad thing that liberal groups are upset with the president. it makes him look like he really has offered a compromise.

it gives him some maneuvering room. and again as i say, there's been some criticism on capitol hill, but when i looked at a lot of the different reactions, it's basically been, oh, the president put out a plan and there's some things i don't like about and will work with it. so i think when push comes to shove, the democrats on capitol hill, that is the elected democrats, will largely go with the president. but we are so far away from what a final budget if we ever get one would look like that they're kind of standing back. so it's the outside groups. and it gives the president foil and makes him look more in the middle if you've got all these liberal groups yelling at him. >> meantime every weekend for decades over every president has had an address. they used to call it the radio address on the weekend, recording of the president's agenda or thoughts. and this weekend however the president is not necessarily going to be delivering that address. but it will still be delivered, but by someone else? >> yes. the president is going to have

one of the moms from newtown make the address this saturday. and you're right, the saturday morning radio address, but now it's on internet and every place else. a 6-year-old who was killed in newtown, this is his mother. i think it's a testament to two things. this as far as i know is pretty rare for the president to hand over the microphone for the saturday addresses to someone else. i think it tells you two things, one, that these families up on capitol hill with their phone calls have been very successful in making the rounds and in moving some of these congressmen and senators. and obviously the president thinks he has made some headway. i think the other thing it says is they are not there yet. yes, this bill is now on the senate floor and they will take it up, but there are so many amendments so which may make it on the floor, some which may not. nonetheless, this is a hard,

hard slog and as the president both acknowledging these are good lobbyists if you would use that name. they're not really, but they are very good for this cause. and that the cause has not yet from the president's point of view been won. >> all right. and back to politics. let's talk about the republican rising star marco rubio. his work on immigration reform is getting a lot of attention. is this kind of the prelude to 2016 positioning? >> it's certainly a moment for him. they certainly know that. this is a man who so far as we can tell is going to show up on seven different networks including two latino networks to talk about immigration reform. he has apparently signed onto what we're going to hear next week at a news conference. like here is the gang of eight as we call them of four republicans, four democrats. he of course one of the republicans. now, what he has to do and what his job is is sell this to conservatives who have been resistant to some form

particularly when it came to undocumented workers about what their pathway to legalization would be, et cetera. so this is a tough job for him, but it is a definite moment in the sun. but i got to tell you something. >> yeah. >> you know the sunbu burns whe you get too close. this is not always such a blessing to be in the spotlight. >> yikes. and sometimes the sun sets, right? >> not always. >> in some capacity. thanks so much, candy crowley, appreciate it. and you can watch of course candy "state of the union" this sunday morning 9:00 a.m. eastern time. she'll be talking with senators rubio, manchin and toomey. first, two girls in two separate places. both are allegedly sexually assaulted, harassed and commit suicide. is social media to blame? and is there more that parents can do? let me know what you think. we'll talk about it when we come right back. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business...

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allegations of rape during unsupervised teen parties where the alcohol is flowing. it's an unfortunate story line that keeps ending up in the headlines. the latest case, two teenage girls one in canada and one in california, killing themselves after allegedly being gang raped at parties. pictures of the alleged attack

are also circulated online and texted about. and all too often that is followed up by a brutal campaign of bullying. joining me now, kyra phillips, anchor of hln's "raising america" and "in session" contributor joey jackson. good to see both of you. but sadly on this kind of occasion. joey, i want to begin with you because we are talking about at least in one case where there are arrests that have been made. this will be prosecuted, however we're talking about the alleged victim who is dead. >> yeah. >> and are we talking about a difficulty in collecting physical evidence? or what is it that will substantiate prosecutors and how they'll be able to proceed and actually adjudicate this case. >> sure. first of all these are such tragic stories. it effects you as a parent, as a person, as a human being. it appeals to that and it's so sad. i think social media you're seeing a big revolution between the way prosecutors are moving forward in gathering information and then using that information in courtrooms to piece together events as they occur.

>> meaning that there is greater weight on testimony? >> sure. >> on eyewitness accounts? >> not only you have eyewitness accounts, but you have pictures at many times to put together the information to see if there was attack, how it occurred, who was involved, how many parties were there, what specifically was being done. you have a photo that's there. and then the sadder part of course is it's being put on social media. and the consequences to individuals are so traumatic because they can't take it. and in this instance my life's ruined says the girl as a result of it she commits suicide. really tragic. >> it is tragic. and kyra, we're talking about this almost seems like it's lifting a veil on a whole subculture here. >> this is what is so painful about this whole situation. and it's called slut shaming. that's actually what it's called. and it's a trend. if these girls -- if this happens to these girls, if they are raped and these pictures go on the internet and then that's hard enough as a female, as a

young girl to see that, right? but then when these boys and these girls start calling her a slut and sluts aren't welcome here and this is all your fault, imagine what that's like for a teenager to have to listen to and have to deal with. and it really brings it back to the conversation as parents. we have got to raise our boys and girls differently. what about these boys that think it's okay to do this and put pictures on the internet? >> where on the internet it seems as though there's a juncture young people have come to and there is license now to take advantage of someone and someone's vulnerability. >> exactly. we have to teach our girls to be confident and strong and stand up to situations like this. and we got to teach our boys that you don't just rape a girl because she's drunk and take pictures of it and put it all over the internet. >> you're wearing a t-shirt someone trying to campaign and send that message. >> i was so touched. strong is beautiful. and a viewer saw we were talking about this subject matter really staying on top of it from

steubenville to this situation. and she said let me tell you about kyra's discussions and i'm having discussions about empowering these girls. she's not only having t-shirts but forums online on facebook and twitter. >> that's the positive that comes out of this. if there could be something that could be done -- and it takes i think not only parents and individuals and teachers, but communities as you mentioned, right, to raise our children, to understand to be respectful and to do things properly so that this doesn't occur. >> exactly. it has to come after these kinds of consequences, these latest examples. so how do you get ahead of it? >> right. >> what about the message sent by the legal system? >> i think what you do see is you'll see legislation developed, right, to more effectively deal with cyber bullying. >> it's a gray area. >> absolutely. what you have in the expansion of this whole internet and social revolution, you have the law doesn't keep up with it. so as a result of that -- exactly. it's a patchwork all over.

there needs to be universal standard, there needs to be more education done to it so people understand and our children understand as they grow up to be men that it's just not acceptable to engage in behavior, to take advantage of anyone and to be gentlemen as you move forward. >> uh-huh. as you talk to parents on your show in particular, you know, "raising america," are they talking about the kind of pressure they want to impose on lawmakers, on the law system so that there is a safety net? but what is it about -- what is different about these times now where you're talking about -- we're having to talk about this. >> joey and i talk about this. it's like in many ways kids need to be brought back and be raised old school, okay? because everywhere they are they've got a phone, they're texting, they're taking pictures, they're saying things and they don't have to be held accountable. it's a lot easier to call a girl a slut and put a picture out there and say all these horrible things and not be held

accountable. you know, back in the day you're in the hallway. someone had an issue with you, they were up in your face. >> that's right. >> now, you can be the most cowardly person and put all these stuff out there and look what it does to people. >> and sadly now you can't go home and feel like i'm in a safe place because your cell phone is with you, the messages that are being texted, facebook. >> and when it goes out there, it goes viral precisely. so it gets everyone. it's not only the school or the community or the state. everyone can see it. so imagine the traumatic impact it has on the individual affected. >> and maybe the language has to change. you heard the canadian prime minister said this isn't bullying, this is criminal when it reaches this level. kyra. >> boys have to be held accountable and we got to start talking to our girls early on about being confident, strong young women. >> kyra, joey, thanks so much. appreciate it. and of course kyra's show "raising america" airs weekdays on hln. let me know what you think about all of this and we'll share some of your comments.

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dropping rick ross after lyrics in his song elude to raping women. he raps about giving a drug he calls mali to women and then having his way with them. he has since apologized but the lyrics are sparking outrage from fans and lots of chatter online. let's turn to digital expert james andrew with me now. he's the founder of social people. james, what are people saying about this? these are news items that are just simply igniting in, you know, the blogosphere. >> activism. we built a social media command center to tap into these to tap into what people are saying. i found dream hampton, she's a pretty prolific journalist and she talks about what was going on. what i uncovered was there's an entire movement to get reebok to drop rick ross. so it started with the petition. and the petition drove the people to the street. 72,000 people signed this petition and they went to the reebok store in times square and

actually drove reebok to really reconsider rick ross as a face of the company. it's been pretty amazing to watch the conversation and watch the dialogue. it's trending really high on twitter. another reason in the proof point that social media is about activism. >> so the discussion and the action that resulted from the boardroom discussion actually was ignited by what was taking place on the streets and just people saying, you know, you got to do something. >> yeah. you got to do something. these lyrics are wrong. there's so many others as we're going to start seeing. >> what are some of those other instances or news items that have now taken off in a new way? >> "glee." the stream in the conversation is amazing. you have some people on two sides. you have some people that really believe in the "glee" content. they think that last night's show was the right content. >> and on that show we're looking at a classroom setting, gunshots are heard. and so there are many newtown, connecticut parents who are saying, wait a minute, too soon. in fact, there's a clip right there. but in general what are people

saying, supportive of this kind of creative license? or supportive with the family? >> more supportive of newtown. they're more supportive of, look, the timing was wrong. this wasn't the right time for this episode. >> and even though know one was shot on the show, it was the sound of the gunfire illicit a response. >> yeah. ryan murphy the creator of the show praising the episode. people really took offense to this. so it's a really delicate situation, but i think you're going to see a lot more conversation. if we look at the overall dialogue and simply measured board we have a lot of conversations, rich dialogue right now. people really upset about, you know, this approach and what "glee" has done. >> what are we looking at here? >> total impressions. we have 13 million total impressions going up. >> at different times of the day. >> right. so right now people are having a dialogue.

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>> reporter: they're bought and sold through a limited number of online exchanges. you can't buy them with a credit card, but you do need to link a bank account or cell phone. charlie shrem is an investor and co-founder of exchange bid instant. he admits the currency has a bit to overcome. >> roads, things like that, fake ids. >> reporter: the boost in popularity came on the heels of the crisis in cypress where people are little access to traditional banking. bitcoin would have offered a workable currency alternative. you may not want to take your real cash out of a real bank just yet. there are now places in new york city you can spend bitcoins, there's a lot of worry. there's a reason people put their money in banks. you have recourse. you don't get that with this

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active and tired of being seen as bullies. >> you can play was founded by philadelphia flyers scout patrick burke on the right in this photo. his brother brendan announced he was gay in 2009. he died in a car crash a year after that. before i end the hour, let's take a quick look at what's trending. this might look like an amusement park attraction. it is actually a bridge in vietnam. a bridge in the shape of a dragon. it shoots fire and water from its mouth and if that isn't spectacular enough, at night the bridge is lit up by more than 2500 l.e.d. lights. and get this, in dubai, a new fleet of police cars has a lot of people talking. take a look at this one right here, the lamborghini. it will help police catch speeders because, you know, common vehicles out there, you're talking abouter if raries and